Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Online Find
This 1985 Jeep CJ7 Is A Rig Done Right – May Be Late In The Season But We Want It!
Oct 11, 2017Brian Lohnes3
I have always wanted a CJ Jeep. Growing up as a child of the 1980s I saw them everywhere and I thought their looks were awesome. In fact, when their square lens headlight replacements showed up the...
America’s Weirdest Truck Is For Sale – VTEC Swapped 1970 C60 Makes Our Soul Ache
Oct 09, 2017Brian Lohnes11
So hey, this wounds my soul. BangShifter Austin Irish found what has to be the most insanely wrong truck in America. This one hits way too close to home as it involves one of my favorite body styles...
eBay Find: This Massive GMC Twin Six V12 Won’t Get You There Quickly But At Least It’s Thirsty
Oct 04, 2017Brian Lohnes7
With the story we ran today about the V12 LS engine it seemed only fair that we give one of the more freakish engines that GM ever built its time in the sun. Thankfully there is one of these babies...
Would You Spend $60,000 For A Non-Running Engine, Even If It Is Kind Of Awesome?
Sep 27, 2017Brian Lohnes8
So pretty much everyone that reads BangShift has some sort of a non-running engine or vehicle laying around. Sometimes multiple. That’s a fact of the matter for many car and truck enthusiasts...
This 1972 International Harvester Travelall Limo By Stageway Is Ridiculously Huge And For Sale!
Sep 27, 2017Brian Lohnes3
We’ve gotta thank Charles Wickam for pointing this gem out to us indirectly on social media. What you are looking at is a 1972 International Travelall which was converted into a 15-passenger...
Is This The Nicest NAPCO Equipped 1957 Chevrolet Suburban On Earth? It’s Gotta Be, Right?
Sep 26, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Is This The Nicest NAPCO Equipped 1957 Chevrolet Suburban On Earth? It’s Gotta Be, Right?
This big fella is a real stunner. I’ve never been accused of going easy on the hyperbole around here but when I raised the question as to whether this is the nicest nicest NAPCO equipped 1957...
Shield Your Eyes, Lohnes: This 1968 Dodge D200 Stakebed Is A Big-Block Workhorse!
Sep 20, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Lohnes and I don’t quite see eye-to-eye when it comes to trucks. We’re close in the fact that we want our trucks to be useful and practical for work above creature comforts, but from...
This 1959 Chevy Oilfield Truck Is Awesome – A True Roughneck Of A Rig
Sep 19, 2017Brian Lohnes3
It’s rough and it’s tough, and it has battle scars, rust and dents. It also has character for days and stories of a lifetime if it were only able to talk. This 1959 Chevy oil field truck...
This 1967 Ford F-100 Is Patina’d Shop Truck Perfection – Don’t You Agree?
Sep 18, 2017Chad Reynolds7
I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, but when I saw this 1967 Ford F-100 on Craigslist it just spoke to me. This is what a shop truck should be like. Lowered just a bit, rough enough not to care,...
Greatest Life Hack Ever? How To Turn An Angle Grinder Into A Legit Chainsaw – Video!
Sep 16, 2017Brian Lohnes6
When it comes to necessary tools in the shop, an angle grinder is one of those “must have” things. Depending on where you live, a chainsaw should also be on that list. If you need to cut...
Too Clean: This 1976 Jeep Cherokee Is Pure SUV – Four-Wheel-Drive And Three Pedals!
Sep 15, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
If you could use a time machine to show the designers at Kaiser-Jeep, GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC and International just what the sport-utility vehicles of the 1960s and early 1970s would become, would...
If We Get Nuked This Volvo 6×6 Could Be An Awesome Bug Out Survival Vehicle
Sep 11, 2017Chad Reynolds2
Lets face it, with all the natural disasters, North Korea, zombies, and terrorists trying to take over the world it might be time to start thinking about a bug out survival vehicle of some kind. A...
You Are Not Imagining Things…This Ramp Truck Has 6 Doors!
Sep 05, 2017Chad Reynolds4
And here we thought a crew cab ramp truck would be the ultimate cool two rig. Man we might have been wrong! With 6 doors, we’re not even sure what to call this thing? Is it is a Double Crew...
Rough Start: Hit The Trails With A Prepared 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Crawler!
Sep 05, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Part of the fun of the Rough Start series is trying to work practicality into a project vehicle hunt. It has to be useful, because for a $5,000 budget, chances are good that this is going to be the...






